If you are looking for a bug tracking tool then you should first consider Bugzilla. This well respected open source tool contains many features, including configurable search capabilities, email notifications and extensive reporting capabilities. The great thing about Bugzilla is that it has a healthy developer community as well as a wide user base.

We list this test case management tool in the defect tracking tool section as it is specifically been created for Bugzilla and the two open source tools go hand in hand. In this way if a test fails the Bugzilla defect can be logged and referenced in an integrated manner.

We have only listed Bugzilla, but the opensource.org people have an extensive list so we don’t re-list them here unless we find one we really like.

If you are new to Bugzilla (open source defect tracking tool) then you can give it a test drive at this site. It is all free and you get the chance to use Bugzilla without actually installing it on your server, a useful concept and well appreciated by all.